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MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due , AAmerica........... 1 2 France....• 1) 0 8r.zi1...... ....... 0 1 Guern. & Jersey 0 0 tiu.ienos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Carthagena.,.... 0 1 Holland ...... 0 g DubP.n... ...... 0 0 Jamaica 0 2 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 Arrived. Due Lisbon 1 0 Malta 0 Mexico 1 0 Oatericl,, 0 Sweden..— ..... 0 2 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To. MORROW. Morning 0 minutes after 9 Evening ...... 33 minutes after 9 This day was published, in roya T HE MONTHL NtINCIPAL Arc the Planets inhabited? Zicci, a Tale (continued). International Copyright. Art in Fietion (concluded.) London: Longmai I Bvo, price 2s. tid., No. 11. of Y CHRONICLE. ARTICLES. Slavery and thenew Slave Trade. Coal Monopoly. Reviews, Music, Notes, &c. &c: B,c. i, Orme, and Co. The publication of Tuz SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 30 minutes past Three o' Clock. WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IL; NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1838. We hold it to be quite useless to discuss Mr. C. Bet.- ma's Controverted Election Bill any further ; for the public at large, and most of the Members of the House of Com mons, whose authority carries much weight with it, are convinced that it will be totally inefficient, because it does not remove the jurisdiction from the House of Commons. The report on the Bill stands for further consideration this evening, and it is expected that Sir ROBERT PEEL will then raise the preliminary question, whether the power of decision ought not to be transferred to another tribunal. That is worth discussion, and till it is affirmed that the jurisdiction ought to remain in the House of Commons, to proeeed with Mr. C. BULLER'S Bill would be a mere waste of the public time. Our own opinion as to the jurisdiction is clear and decided. The Legislature if it be not a mere pretence and a humbug which undertakes to regulate matters which it cannot reach, is bound to make clear, definite, and precise laws, concerning elections as well as concerning other matters. We indeed see a strong reason why it is particularly hound to make such laws for elections. The distribution of po litical power is regulated and settled by the Legislature; it runs, as it were, front its decrees, and ought to be followed out in all its ramifications, and directed in all its conse quences. But commerce, manufactures, and property arise and increase independently of the Legislure. It is no reproach to the Parliament not to make laws for trade and different species of industry, and no reproach to it if new questions concerning property continually arise which it have not foreseen. It is, however, a scandal to the Le gislature, that cases should arise under the election laws for which it has not presided. Let the laws then concerning Elections be made clear and precise, as they ought to be ; and let the deviations from them, and the uses of infringement on them, be decided by the ordinary tribunals. We cannot conceive the necessity for a special tribunal to decide doubtful cases, or points of Election law, any more than a necessity for a special tribunal to decide doubtful cases of parish settlement. When the Legislature has done its duty, and made the law definite, the House of Commons will be glad to get rid of the trouble and the odium of 'deciding controverted Elections. Nor have we the least apprehension that the Judges would be made po litical partizans by having controverted Elections to decide, Any 'nor:: than they now are, by having to decide questions concerning corporations. Tto following paragraph appe tred in our Second Edition mu Saturday : " W e can now venture shic,re'y to congratulate our readers on the momentous division of Friday night. We are informed, on excellent authority, that it has had a conside rable effect on the minds of the West Indians, who are , convinced, by the vote of last night, that they cannot safely resist the expressed wishes (in this just and holy cause) of the people of England. If they should not, therefore, sensible as they now are that the Government end their own friends have done for them all that is possible, he ready to concede the imme diate abolition of the apprenticeship, they will certainly be desirous to hasten the period for its extinction and will immediately take measures to south to the apprer, &so's; the denial of liberty. The first certain effect oaf the motion of last nig!lt, though not successful, will be to produce an improvement in the condition of the slave=. It is indeed confidently expected by those well acquainted with the West Indies, and with the impression made on the West Indians by the vote of Priday night, that the effect will be to make the planters anxious to meet the views of the people of England, and studious to act in concert and harmony with the Govern ment ; so that slavery shall, by the voluntary manumissions of the planters themselve , , imitating the excellent example of the Marquis of SLIGO, and those other gentlemen to whom Sir GEORGE GREY referred on Thursday night, become, before the period now allotted by the law, quietly sad happily extinct. Such a consummation, giving security to the Planters and freedom to the slaves, will be an ap propriate reward of t;;e disinterested and public exertions of the people. They must, however, see, as the expected result will flow from a dread of their power, that the time is not yet come when they may cease their watchfulness and their exertions." We may now add, th it in other quarters the conviction is gaining ground that the labiate; would act wisely in run ning before the wishes of the public. They cannot and must not indulge a hope of aav further compensation, but they may give themselves a tide to the good opinion and the continue l protection of the community, by now begin ning to act justly towards their apprentices. The examples of voluntary manumission, already, we are hcppy to say numerous, must be more extensively imitated. Hav ing in some of the islands refused to pass suitable laws for the Negroes, they ought now, that the necessity of repenting stares them in the face, to lend their aid to the Imperial Legislature in making Lord GLENELG'S Bill as efficient as possible for the protection of the apprentices. A proposition to substitute 1839 for 1840 for the termina tion of the apprentichip, while the Bill is passing through the Committee, would come from one of them with infinite grace, and would at once convince the whole commu nity that they were sincerely desirous of reconciling the advantage of the negroes with their own security and sincerely desirous of deserving the great things which the people here have already done for them. To avoid the continual agitation of this subject, which can only tend to the injury of the Planters, it is their interest and duty, particularly as they have failed to fulfil the con ditions on which they received the compensation money, at once to concede something more, and endeavour to satisfy the Government and the nation, both by declarations and by acts, that they mean at length, without being driven, to promote the freedom and happiness of their labourers. We stated on Saturday that we believe the Govern ment sincerely intends to prosecute the measure of last Session for ultimately getting rid of Church-rates. The complicated nature of the question and the increased bold ness of the members of the Established Church, who having, as the Rev. SYDNEY SMITH says, got over their fear of the Dissenters, probably think that measures of justice, causing some retrenchment to themselves, may be conveniently delayed, have caused the Ministers to be very cautious in again bringing forward the question. The sufferers under the present system do not make, per haps, sufficient allowance for these difficulties ; they feel the tight shoe, and being unable to cast it oft, as speedily as they desire, they grow discontented with the Ministers. The Church, however, is far too powerful for the Ministers to coerce it into rectitude. The Clergy, dike the Planters, adhere tenaciously to their profitable -, thing for the rights of conscience in power and wealth be preserved. ake them loosen their grip of any great caution is necessary in under they fancy will bring their craft die, however, begins to see that the •operty—which the Clergy ought to )üblie, not for themselves like pidate their employer's means to enrich themselves, and the public wishes to see all the mysteries of Church property exposed. We have no doubt, therefore, that the project of the Ministers will meet with a more efficient support this Session than the last, and that the Dissenters will be relieved, and Church Pro perty improved, to the general advantage, nobody being injured by the improvement, though the emoluments of the unjust Stewards will be curtailed. The division on Friday night on the Slave Question was incorrectly given in all the Morning Papers of Satur day. We noticed the error on that day, and can now state positively that the minority, or the Ayes, was 215, not 205. A mistake of 10 was made, we are sure, by a mere accident. To the West Indians, and to the public at large, the numbers on the division are of considerable importance ; but we have not seen the correction noticed in any of the Morning Papers. The Times and the Post, on the contrary, republish the error this morning. If our Contemporaries disdain to copy a correction from us, they might at least use industry and discernment. The lists which they copy from the votes contain the cor rection of the error at the conclusion, though it is repeated at the commencement. Our Contemporaries manage so that they re-publish the error, and omit from the end the means of correcting it. Letters and papers from Madrid to the 25th ult., have been received. On the 24th the Minister of Finance pre sented to the Chamber the following Royal Message, rela tive to a new loan of which M. AGuAuc. is reported to be the contractor : " TO M. MON, MINISTER OF FINANCE. " In the name of my august daughter, Queen Isabel IL. and conformably with the report of the Council of Ministers, I direct you to submit to the deliberation of the Cortes the draught of a law of the following tenor : " Art. 1. The Government is authorised to contract a loan of 500,000,000 reals, real value, which are to be exclusively applied to the expenses of the army and navy. " Art. 2. The Government is authorised to appropriate to the payment of the interest, and the provision for the sinking fund of said loan, the clear produce of the mines of Almaden and Linares, and the greater portion of the rents and contri butions of the Peninsula and of the islands, to make up the necessary amount. . " Art: 3. Should former contracts relative to the quick silver mines, and the resolutions of the Cortes, give rise to any contests, the Government is authorized to settle them by arbitration. Art. 4. The Government is equally authorized to 'capi talize' the interests of loans contracted abroad until the Ist of January, 1841, at which period they will commence to be IL:id by twelfths. Art. 5. The Government will account to the Cortes for the use it may have made of the powers vested in it by the present law. " Done in the Royal Palace, on the 23d of March, 1835. " The QUEEN-REGENT." The Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday have all been received. In the Chamber of Deputies the leading subject of discussion on Friday related to the mutual complaints of the Beet-root Sugar Manufacturers and the Colonial Sugar Growers. As usual it was a drawn battle, neither party being able' either to convince or silence the other. The following extracts include the very little important and interesting news contained in these Journals : A letter from St. Male, of the 27th March, says—" We are assured that a merchantman which arrived this morning, has brought melancholy news, viz. that a very serious epidemic had broken out at St. Domingo, that it has attacked the crews of all the ships there so that it was feared that fresh crews would be required to bring back to France our three men-of war which went to Hayti with the Commissioners who were sent to negociate forAhe indemnity of the planters of St. Do mingo. We give this distressing information merely as a piece of ship news, and hope, if there is any truth in it, it mas- be less serious than has been stated." News has been received to-day, by telegraph, of the death of General Valave, Deputy of the Orne, at Nice. According to sense letters from Bayonne, the affair between the division of Latre and the column of Count Negri, of which we spoke vesterdav, took place on the 22d and 23d, between Vasieda and Bendejo, in the south of the province of Santander, and on the road which leads to Carreon. Hitherto these are only reports. The Count de Luchana was at Burgos with a sirong column of infantry and some cavalry. Le Commerce, March 37. We have a letter from Jaca of the 22d, which says that " A letter from the Minister of War to the brave Colonel Ferrari, who has wholly devoted himself to the foreign legion, assures that. her Majesty will never forget his services, and will order all the arrears of pay to he paid up. These corn panics of 90 to 150 men, are to be re-organised and placed under the command of the gallant chief in Aragon. The depot of the rest of the legion will be at Saragossa, and the Queen trusts that the legion under so distinguished a leader as Colonel Ferrari, will render her many important services. - Le Constitutionnel. FttENCH FUNDS. -PARTS, MARCH 31. Fire per Cents.. 10;f1 95c. 8.5 c. We. Four per Cents., 10If. 50c. Three ;.fer Cents.. 801. 2.5 c. :oc. Bank Actions, 2,6)( 1 t: itente de Naples, 991'. 73e. 7Cc. 65e. Roman Five per Cents., 101% 102 101%. Spanish Actives, 2-.2 23 22h. Spanish Passives, Reigian Loan, Five per Cents, 104%. Belgian Bank, 1,4q0f: litytian Loan. 46 , 4: 450 f. 4001. HICHANOR ON LONDON. One month, paper, 2.51. 50e. : money, 25f. 47%c Tarce months, paper, 25t 37%c. ; money, vit. me. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 107 f. 95c. Three per Cents., 30f. 20e. Bank Actions, 2,630 f. Romans, 10th Belgian Loan, 104%. Belgian Bank, 1,480 f. Haytlan Loan, 460 f. Spanish Actives, 22;. Spanish Passives, 41. DUTC El FUNDS.-AMSTERDAM, MARCH 30. Money. B.lls. Actual Debt, 2% per 'ent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A wort Syndic, 4 hi per cent 9515 95% Ditto, ditto, 31ti per cent 79 . 79 3 4 Commercial Company, 4', per cent 1834 114% Ditto (1X32 and 1833) 5 per cent. ...... Loan 1836, I t•er cent. Ditto 137. 6 per cent. Exchanze on London, One month l2 05 TWO months BELGIAN k UN 1)6-13u1;s,...ts, MA ;ten St. Actual Debt, 24; per Cent. Rothachild's Loan, r. per Cant....... .......... Lom of Thirty Millions 944 Loan of City, 1332,4 per Cent. 9Bh Society of Commerce, 4 ,„ per Cent 170% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 1431, National Society -Brussels Papers, March 31. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-Vinnss, Magma 23. Fire per Cents. Matalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1451 -AllgemcineZeitung, March 23. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-BERLIN, Mancit 28. Bills Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent Pru.sian English Loan, 18.30, 4 per.cent 10 11.1241, Exchange on Landon, three months 626 -Prussian State Gazette, March 27. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HULL. The Committee met this morning at ten o'clock, when Mr. HILL resumed his summing up in the case of John Savage, which, it will be remembered, occupied the whole of Saturday and part of Friday. He contended that he had proved that Lessons had received treating and entertainment as the price of his vote, and that it must, therefore, be struck off. Mr. THESSIGER addressed the Committee at great length in support of tho vote, contending that the treating in this case did not amount to bribery. inaire sO w , care not 5 b&cinv ded thei ri e ma t\ nd "r 4 : 3 4t 4 -141.** - , .`rt4; 4 * 11 149 1 ::‘ thy übi A Orp„4 pro • ' e pt. raswais delapid etTibie Zaux. val .15k ''AursoiNA; ' • - SHAFTESBURY. The Committee met to consider on a special report, but Lord Henniker being. from illness, unable to attend, the Com mittee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. KINSALE. The scrutiny continues. At the commencement of the day's proceedings, the parties were on an equality. The petitioners having struck off one of the sitting Mem ber's votes, attained a majority of one. (To be concluded in our Second Edition.) HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day for the purpose of hearing Scotch appeals. The Lords present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Malmesbury, and the Earl of Fingal. FARLONG V. HOSSACK. The arguments in this case, which were commenced on Thursday last, were resumed to-day. The case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the Court of Session upon the following facts :—The appellant is the widow of Lieutenant Colonel John Taylor, of the East India Company's service, and the respondents are his representatives. By the contract entered into upon the marriage of Colonel Taylor with the appellant, the former bound himself and his heirs to do all that might be necessary as a subscriber to the Bombay Military Fund, to secure to his proposed wife, in the event of his dying before her, the benefit of the pension or an nuity payable from that fund to the widow of a sub scriber, according to the rank he should hold in the Com pany's service at the time of his death. Colonel Taylor died in September, 1828, and from that time to April 1831, the appellant received a pension of 3651., which she was entitled to according to the regulations of the Bombay Fund. In the latter year, however, that Fund be coming inadequate to the payment of pensions on so extended a scale, the appellant's income was reduced from 363/. to 2501. The appellant conceiving that, under her marriage contract, the representatives of her late husband were bound to make good the deficiency to her, instituted proceedings in the Courts in Scotland for that purpose ; but upon the case coming before the Court of Session they decided that in consequence of the appellant having married again she was not entitled to the benefits sh e as k e d, an d f rom that decision the preset appeal was brought. Sir W. Follett and Mr. Macnoil were counsel for the ap pellant, and Mr. Serjeant Spankie and Mr. Andrews appeared for the respondent. Sir WlLLiam FORLETT having replied. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would give judgment to morrow morning. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. A summary statement descriptive of the various offences with which the prisoners committed for trial at the present Session of Oyer and Terminer and gaol delivery of Newgate, and the other prisons within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, severally stand charged, viz. :—Murder 1, burglary 3, forgery 8, arson 1, embezzlement 2, felony I, bigamy 4, larceny 113, rape 1, misdemeanor 7, perjury 2, ebop.breaking 3, uttering and unlawfully possessing base coin 10, stealing goods and moneys in dwelling houses 6, stealing goods from the person 28, stealing goods by servants 18, obtaining the like by false pretences 1, highway robbery and assault 1, receiving stolen property 10, assault with intent to commit, &c., 1, maliciously wounding per sons 2, horsestealing 1, sheepstealing 1, housebreaking I.—Total 231. The Sessions re-opened this morning before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Aldermen Fairbrother, Marshall, and Wilson, the Sheriffs Montefiore and Carroll, with other civic authorities. The RECORDER, in addressing the Grand Jury, said the number of prisoners for trial now on the Calendar was 213, which would probably be increased to 300 before long. Considering the period that had elapsed since the last Sessions that was not a very extraordinary num ber. But there were several serious cases ; one, of cutting and wounding with intent, on the first count, to murder, on the second, to do some grievous bodily harm. There was also a case of rape, of which both parties were persons moving in a humble sphere, especially the female. He (the Recorder) only remarked this to observe that the law watched with the greatest anxiety over persons of the very lowest condition in life. There was a case of murder, attended with circumstances of an exceed ingly peculiar nature. It appeared that the two parties—the one (a man) the prisoner, the other (a female) the deceased, were living together in a distressed condition, and a depressed state of mind ; that they had agreed to rid themselves together of life, by taking large doses of laudanum ; that the prisoner had collected a sufficient quantity of laudanum for this purpose, of which they both partook; that the effect upon the prisoner was (as it would be suggested for the defence) to cause extreme nausea, and he threw up so much of the laudanum, that his life was not af fccted ; but the deceased, after the poison had acted upon her as a strong narcotic, expired. The Learned Recorder laid down the law respecting cases of this nature, in the following manner :—That where a person persuaded another to kill himself, and the party did kill himself, if the person advising was not present at the time of the death, he was accessory before the fact, to the crime of murder ; if, however, present at the time of the killing, the crime was that of murder, as a principal. After citing a case to support this view of the law, and adverting to certain circumstances connected with the case, the Learned Recorder said it would be for the Grand Jury to inquire first, from what cause the deceased met her death ; then, whether she were encouraged to the killing of herself by the prisoner; and if so, whether the prisoner were present at the time she took the poison ? There was a case of firging a will, or other testamentary documents, in which case both nsrties—prosecutor and prisoner—were professional men, attoreies, and both were inte rested parties, the prosecutor having married hie daughter to the son of the testator, and taking the benefit of one will, the prisoner having married the daughter of the testator, and taking benefit under the other will. The Recorder observed, his opinion of the duty of a Grand Jury was, that in cases where circumstances proved if unexplained and un answered, made out an er party case, to gen.i the case for trial to the superior Court; but if the case were of such a slender and imperfect description, as would not warrant a Petty Jury in convicting a prisoner— s Grand Jury would give the prisoner the benefit of that doubt, and that protection, which in such cases they were intended to afford. With some further observations, the Recorder then dismissed the Grand Jury to the discharge of their duties. THE SUN, LONDON, ON DAY, APRIL 2, 1838. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A youth, named Daniel 'Laren, was stopped on Saturday night, at eight o'clock, with a bundle, by Collier, a constable, in Great Russel_ street, and, on examining its contents, found ten cotton handkerchiefs, with a label, as if it had been exhibited at some shop-door in the neigh. bourhood for sale. Having taken the prisoner into custody, Collier conducted him to the shop of Mr. Gilbert Orrn, in Little Russel-street, where the articles were instantly identified as th• same which were hanging against the door only a few minutes previous. The prisoner said he got the bundle from another boy, and was fully committed for trial. Win. Smith, a lad well known to the police, walked into the shop of Harriet Bennet, Strand, at ten o'clock on Saturday night, and helped himself to a pair of new boots. The prisoner instantly ran up South ampton-street, but being stopped by a gentleman, prisoner was brought back with the boots in his possession. The prisoner after denying his guilt was fully committed for trial. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. Owing to the North-easterly winds, we are prevented from any arrival this morning, with the exception of the usual mails. The only article worth notice is from Madrid, stating that a loan of five millions sterling has been contracted for, which now remain for th.? Cortes to sanction. In consequence of this contract, there has been very considerable purchases of the Spanish Funds at Madrid. Spanish Active has also improved at Paris to 22k. Consols which left off on Saturday at 93b 1, both for Money and Account, opened at the same price this morning. Exchequer Bills 63 63. Indian Bonds 64 66. In the ForeigriMarket th• only operation is in Spanish Active, which on the opeuir,i of the Market was done at 21i .11 ; since which the speculators in the above Stock, having scrutinised the conditions of the new Spanish Loan, and finding no provision is made for the Ilqeidation of the Spanish dividend, have again receded to 211 1 with Coupons. Portuguese 301 ; Three per Cents. 201 21 ;Brazilian 76 77 ex dividend; Columbian 281 ; Mexican '271 ; Dutch Two-and.a-Dalf per Cents. 541 ; Belgian 1031 1. The American merchants are greatly disappointed of the non arrival of the Packet of the Bth inst. from New York, which they are anxiously expecting. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Steck Indl3 5tuck......... 3 per Cert. Refl. 3 per Cant. Cons ...... 931 ,0 - 4 3 1 4 per Ditto Red.... _ -- Ditto Bon — 64 South Se r a Stet k ..... 101% Old &urinates .... New Ditto ................ :slew 3% per Cent loozi 1 New 5 per snk LongAnnultiestnenire Jai. 5, 1360... Oct. 111, .. lan. 5, Flrkl Jan. Z, I*,o April 5, 1390 ........ - Jan. 5, ...... -- vRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian lionds 3 pc7r (,e — rit. Annuities, 1 1751... Ezell. Bills, £1,.104:......... 63 t 5 orn Ditto ',3o 63 65 pm. Ditto Smait Ditto Commtrc.ai - -- pin. Ditto Advertised..., —5 i Bank Stock for Acc0unt........ '2Ol Indln Stock for Account 9.08 Consols for Acconnt THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCe . i Peruvian 80nd5.,.. Beigian Bonds Ditto Account . Brazilian Bends Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account _77 Ditto Account ...... Portuguier..onds ..... Ditto Account Ditto New Bond.g Ditto Account Ditto, 3 •ier cent.. • I b 1 ....««.._.«. 314 Ditto Acrount....« ........ cniraian gcnda .......... Ru.sistn Ee:no4 , 1 , 3"2`2 .......... 1114 Glhnnbian Bonds ...... D'ato Account ................. Ditto Account ritto Metallic. Columbian Bonds, 1824 2 S I / 41Spanish Bonds ... .................. Ditto Account ......„ - thrush Bonds ....„ Ditto Acc0unt........- — Ditto Account ~ ....... 21%3 , 4 1 / 4 4 % Greek Bonds.-- — French, 5 per cent..... .•••• — t - —':'• Ditto Bonds, 151:5 — —.t-- 4 per cent. ..... —.••—, C. Ditto Account .—.. ...... .— —— —— 3 per cent.. ...... ... — 1 — l . Nlexican 1301145, 5 per cent , --... Exchange. ........ .• —f• —,-• Ditto Account ...„.... -Dutch, ii i per cent _.54 1 / 4 4 1 / 4 .1% Ditto, 6 per cent. i Mtn Account — i Ditto, 5 per cent.— 10( 1 i 100 k 9.l Neapc1itan...........—.......„ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (issued at 51. pm.) 20 22 British Iron Company Birmingham and Derby Railway Company 2O 17% Eastern Counties Railway 5 5% 1 / 4 4 Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayrshire Railway Brighton Railway Company: 8 1 1 10914 ,ondon and Blackwall Railvray L - wition and Birmingham Railway Company 9O Ditto 4 Shares 5 334 London and Greenwich railway Company 2O 17 16% ..uncion and South am pt on R a il way C ompan y._ 50 47 6 f ondan and Southampton (New) Railway 5 27i/4 London and Croyd on R a il way C ompan y 9 i Ditto Scrip 5 .. idichester and Leeds Railway Company 2O M tichester and Birmingham railway 7 114 11 sutthern and E as te rn R a ilway Company Asphalte, Claridge's Patent t oionial Ba n k Van Dieman's Land Agricultural Company l7 11 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 31. 3 per Cent. Consols 92%tGrand Canal Debs. 6 per cent. 91% Ditto Reduced --.• Ditto, 4 per cent. 3 1 4 per Cent. Stock 99% Hibernian Bank Ditto New, 1830 ...............9914 City of Dublin Steam Company 3L.',, per Cent. Debentures Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock HALF PAST ONE O' CLOCK 2 3 i, 3 " N ll a c l e las nt t Office Debentures,4 per Grand Canal Stock _ Consols have been, during the morning, inactive, and may be quoted at present at 63} to }, same as the opening price of this morning, and up to this hour there has not been a bargain done for the Account; Money, 93i i. Exchequer Bills, 63 65 ; India Bonds, 64. In the Foreign Market Dutch Stock has become very heavy, owing to a report that the negooiations for the settlement of the Belgian quee. tion has been broken off. Dutch Two and a half per Cents. have re. ceded from 544 53i ; Spanish Active, 314, heavy ; Portuguese, 30; ; Three per Cents., 20* ; Russian, 1114 ; Colombian, 28k; Chilian, 31i. Some business is doing in Shares.—Asphalte, 12 premium; Btaish Iron, 13i. THREE O'CLOCJC Console for the Aesount, lON to CRUELTY TO THE POOR.—The new. W. Carus Wilson has publicly apologised, by deputy for having used the words " wanton cruelty," as applied to the Kendal Guardians. He has admitted:that they were uncalled for, has expressed his regret that he used them, and has distinctly exonerated the Kendal Guardians and their relieving officer from blame. The Lancaster Gua r di an h as d evoted severa l columns to the publication of thu correspondence and evi dence of the case. An inquest was held on the body of a girl at Llan drillo, who came to her death in a curieus m anner. Sh e was servant at a farm called Rhyd Gethin , and was sent to the field to fetch some potatoes from a tump, from w hi c h a great quan tity had been extracted during the frosty weather, without de molishing the superstructure as usual; the consequence was , that she had to creep for some distance on her hands and feet along this earthly tunnel, but the frost no longer giving it the poor girl and s w m o o n t t h e e d re s d ta h b e i r l i i t n y t i a t nti suddenly nfaerlvl on up H on erald th . e SALMON FISHERIES.—NATURAL CURIOSITIES. Since the Salmon fishing season commenced, V7O have seen what must astonish the natives—we have seen S a l mon of a b out 12 pounds weight I —not exhibited for sale, ce r t a i n l y , b u t shewn as a rare curiosity and valued gift of a friend from Thomastown. The Kilkenny Journal, from which is taken the above fragment from a long article upon the subject, com plains that notwithstanding the exertions which were made to enforce the Fishery Laws not only no correspondin g advantage has resulted, but the very reverse of benefit, by iron gratings having been placed in and near the mill, and fishing weirs along the Nore. The Journal hints that z Repeal of the Uuion would effect a cure of the evil, and that with a domestic Legislature, Scotch weirs would not be tolerated at the mouths of Irish rivers and estuaries. IGNORANCE AND CRIME.—On examination of the calendar for the Shefield Sessions, held on Monday, Tues day, and Wednesday week, it appears that out of 46 prisoners 16 can read and write imperfectly-12 can read, and 18 can neither read nor write. MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. In the past week there were tolerably good arrivals of both Grain and and Flour, and with some dullness in the trade generally, there was no alteration in the prices. This morning, the fresh supplies of all de scriptions of Corn are moderate. For the best parcels of Wheat, last Monday's prices were slowly obtained, and other qualities were heavy in disposal, with same quantity left unsold. Barley of good quality has experienced a fair demand, other sorts sold heavily at former prices. Beans went off readily at their late value. Pease of both kinds are un. varied. Oats firmly maintain their rates, and sales to a fair extent have been made t• consumers. The prices of the different qualities of Flour are well maintained, with a fair demand. PRIMES ON BOARD OF MIT. Wheat, Red (old) 55s 625. Beans, Small (new) 361.38 s ----White (01d).........605. 68e. ----Red 1837) 46s. 50s. - Tick (new) 2Ss 315. ---- Fine 545. Ms. ----- Superfine.........6os. 635. - Harrow (new) 323.345. ----- White (1837) 465. 555. ---- Fine sBs. 625. Brank , .. 32e.36'. • Superfine 645. 665. Oats, Feed -- Foreign free Ms. 70s. New 175.2 a Rye 30s. 345. Poland -s.- Barley ‘ , 3s. 356. New 205.24 . -. Grinding 255. 275. Potatee 265.28. Malting 3os. 345. Malt 465. Ms. Scotch 245.27.. - Fine New 565. 60s. Irish 17s. Pease, Grey, New 303. 315. Flour Town (per sack) 505.52,. - Maple New 32s. 235. - i;econds 455.4145. - White Ms. 355. -- North C0untry.......425.445. ----- Boilers 375. 383 Bran B3 9, ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEY. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Flour. English Irish - 1 ',MO F- - iv .. - •reign SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. There was a good supply today. The cold weather caused trade to improve —prices varied very triflingly from those of this day week. Beef, 3s. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 3s. lOd. to 4s. Sd. ; Veal, 4s, 4d. to 55. 4d. ; Pork, 4s, 4d. to Gs. ; Beasts, 2,372 ; Sheep, 21,689 ; Pigs, 300 ; Calves, 75. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. No good Mackarel to.day at - market. Salmon quite as dear as be fore. Salmon, 2s. 6d. per lb. Soles, 6d. to 3s. and 4s. per pair for large. Turbot, ss. to 18s. for the beat. Cod, 2s. to 103. each for large. Red Mullet as high as 3s. each. Luggage, such as Dutch Place, Skate, &c., plentiful and cheap. PROVISION MARKET. Business is ♦ery limited, and the only demand appears to be for fine descriptions of Irish Butter. Prices of Butter, both Irish and Fo. reign, are looking down ; prices of other commodities appear ilLm. HOP AND SEED MARKET. Red Clover Seed in brisk demand, and the total advance since this day week is from 7s. to Ss. per cwt. ; other kinds of Seed unaltered. Hops continue to command fully as high prices as previously. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. C. is flat, at the lower price of 14s. 6d. CANADIAN PRODUCE MARKET. This market is how flat for all descriptions of produce, and prices are inclined to look down; Baltic produce, on the contrary, with the ex. ception of Tallow, is firm. PUBLIC SALES OF TEA. This morning these sales, consisting of 176,424 packages, containing 12,554,522 lbs. of Tea, of all descriptions, commenced at the London Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane. There Wu 3 a goad attendance of the trade, but up to the time we went to press they did not mani fest much disposition to purchase, and the buyings in were ♦ery con siderable, the importers seemingly decided to support the market. The quantity put up is a very large one, being aiout three times as much as the East India Company were in the habit of putting up at one time. Nothing like all the quantity is expected to sell ; but the inspection which the commodity undergoes previous to the sale, facilitates the purchasing of it, between the close of one great public sale and the corn menc3ment of another, by private contract. It is yet too early in the sale to speak decidedly as to the exact prices at which the little that sells is disposed of ; and at present this consists chiefly of what are called odds and ends. The sale will last many days. COLONIAL MARKETS. The Imports of East and West India produce continue light. For consumption the disposition to purchase continues steady; for exhort there are but few orders. To.day we have no public sales of Colonial produce; and for the week there is not much at present advertised. For to-morrow we have C1(100 bags Mauritius Sugar advertised. Some pepper, Cassia Lignea, :Nutmegs, and Cloves. No Coflle or Rice. Rum is fiat now, and looking down. The stocks of East and West India produce, now in first hands, are generally light, rather than otherwise. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, MARCH 24. Our supply of Wheat was moderate at Market to-day from the growers, but we had fair coasting arrivals, and the trade ruled dull at similar prices to last Saturday. In the ♦alue of Barley we can note no change though the arrivals this week have not been large. Oats were in fair supply, and the whole cleared off at our last quotations. Rye of the best quality met a good demand at late prices, but inferior samples were exceedingly dull. Malt is still a heavy sale, and our quotations are with difficulty realized. In Beans and Pease there is no matrrial change. The arrivals of Four rather exceed the demand, and last rates are scarcely maintained. Wheat, Northumlaerland ---- Norfolk and Suffolk—. ....... --- Berwick and Scotch --. Foreign Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk Foreign Barley, Malting, Norfolk• and Suffolk Grinding and Feeding Malt, Noriolk and Suffolk Zeans, Small Tick - Pease, White New. 55i. 634 575. 655.... —s. —6. 5&. 60s 323 36e —s. 285. 32s —s. —s. 21s. 245. 325 56s —s. —B. —a.-- 36. 38s. —s. s. 13s. 365. :Vas 403 , . -- Gray 32s 364 Oats, Northumberland, Potatue ......... 235. 2'is ----- Feed. Foreign Flour Ow sac►c) 43s. 47c...... —c. --s. MANCHESTER CORN MARKET, Mknoll 3C. There is again a ►arge ai rival of Wheat and Barley at Wakefield this week from other quarters the supply of Wheat is trifling, but of manufactured articles it is pretty liberal. The trade has been quiet durlng the week, and prices have undergone little or no change. Liverpool and Wakefield were both firm yesterday, but the business doing was limited. At our Market this morning we had a fair inquiry for Wheat, and Flour at prices fully equal to those of last week. Oats are in some instances held for an advance of Id. per bushel, but there is not much done in them. Oatmeal as last quoted. Good dry Beans and prime Malt in fair request. Other articles without alteration. DERBY CORN MARKET, MARCH 31. Our Corn Market, yesterday. was well supplied with samples of Grain. Fine Wheat and Raley made full last week's prices; else Oats for Seed. Beat Wheat, 58s. to (13s ; Fine Barley, 30c to 345.; Oats, els. to 28s. ; Beans, 335. to 375. SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. 1 Barley. Aherdeen Berwick Coldstream Cupar (Fife Dundee Elgin Inverness Kelso . .„ Kirkaldy Perth 57 to 60 33 42 32 36 41 56 48 58 51 60 50 56 27 A 8 37 42 5U sti ze of the mi it> ThQ si; ED We had a very rather quick. large uppl 25 to 26 16 20 21 24 26 31 30 33 27 30 2A 30 17 21 23 31 23 26 asure vari Oatt. 19 to 2:3 15 20 15 18 IS' 22 20 25 20 21 22 24 14 21 20 23 20 22 through, CORN MA RKET • of all kinds of Grain tl Wheat. Barley. First 67s. Od. 355. Od. 3 econd... Third Oats. 39s 8(1. 24 0 20 0 le price of Wheat PRICES OF PROVISIONS, S Beans, Oatmeal. to 21 24 I n 28 22 26 :10 31 23 39 32 3.1 28 20 45 48 43 - 22 25 ,ut the country. 3:3 to 33 23 36 :March 28 day, and th, to sales were Pease. Bemis 40,;. Od 40i Od 37 0 37 0 33 0 33 Beef, per Ih. --- Os. 4d. to 05.7 d,. Fresh Butter,l...— la 01. to Is 2s, Mutton,-------- 0 4 0 5 Salt Ditto---- ulO 1 0 Veal 0 7 1 0 Ditto, per en 96 0 0 5 9 7 Eggs, per dos. 0 1 0 Lamb, per qr. —9 0 12 0 OatStraw(ki•'.)--10 0 13 0 0 43 0 Wheat Ditto --11 0 14 6 Quartern Loaf —0 Si 0 9 Barley Ditto-- 9 0 11 0 Potatoes, 141 b. 0 5 0 0 Hay,rierst.------ 010 1 0 EDINBURGH MEAL "'here was a middling supply of O, sales were rather heavy. MARKET.—March 27. latrneal at this day's market, and th. Per Sack of 28016. Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto _ 8ir1eymeat............ 1 10 0 Peaseiristal Pot Ilarley—No. I,pez cwt. 125.-2'l Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal .£l l '2 0 Second ditto Barleys:steal ....... ..... (' i 8 Peasemeal 0 1 3 145.-3 d, 16*--4th,lB3.—Poa al, 2.05. IA KKET.-51arch 28. rain ; little alteration in prices. Oats, per 2641 b. s. Cl. s. d. Irish l6 0 to IS 6 British l7 0 20 0 Beans, per 2601 h. English Scottish Pease, Scottish Oatmeal, per 1401 b l5 0 17 0 Flour, per 211010 45 0 51 0 _1 Oats. GLASGOW CORN A moderate business doing in (• Wheat, rer :140th. a. d. a. d. British, old 3OO to 34 0 -- new i9o 320 Canada, free 3l 0 34 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b English 0 0 Scottish 23 0 ".6 0 Irish CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 9.4 gallons to the bushel.) Wheat. Barley. Truro.... ...... He!stone St. Austell Bodmin Liskeard Launceston Camelford Penzance s. d. to 5. d. 0 20 C 0 20 0 13 20 6 0 19 6 fl 17 0 • 19 tS 16 • 19 0 19 0 21 6 s. d. t• s. i. I s. d. to s. e - • 12 I - 12 - le o S 6 991 - : II 6 —• 9 6 0 • 6 • II 6 —. • 7 6 —e9• 0 0 o —OlOO 7 • S 0 0 11 0— 0 9 0 ADY AT WORK AGAIN !—Several professional mid other individuals, in Penrith and the neighbourhood, during the past week, have been pestered with letters from this vagabond, which cost them 13. id. each. We under stand, however, that on application to the Postmaster, the money was returned, and the letters will be transmitted to a quarter where some necessary inquiry will be made after Joseph. --Carlisle Patriot. MR. MORTON, THE DRAMATIST—This gen tleman died on Wednesday, after a long and painful illness. Mr. Morton was one of the witnesses examined before the Se lect Committee of the House of Commons on Dramatic Li terature, and in the course of his evidence incidentally deve loped some curious traits of his own character and habits. He stated that he had never seen one of his own plays acted, al though some of his comedies bad been so successful as to be represented for 50 nights in succession. The lowest price he ever got for a play was 901. or 1001., and the highest 3001. For the Children in the Wood he received 2001., and 50/. for the copyright ; and for the Invincibles and a Roland for an Oliver about the same sum. The usual mode of remunerat ing dramatic authors when Mr. Morton commenced writing for the stage was, by giving them the receipts of the third, sixth, ninth, and twentieth nights, after deducting the expenses of the house ; and he describes with what anxiety he used to watch the clouds on those evenings, as a stormy night very frequently converted the author's " be nefit" into a loss. Mr. Morton was strongly in favour of the office of licenser, as he considered that without a dramatic censorship political allusions would abound in plays. He gives a curious instance of an objection taken to a word by Mr. Lar pent, who filled the office of licenser previous to the late Mr. Colman. The word was " gammon," and it was objected to by the licenser on the ground that a friend of his, one Mr. Gammon, of Hampshire, had felt hurt by a dialogue in one of O'Keefe's plays—" What is your name?"—" Gammon," " Then you are the Hampshire hog." Mr. Morton's evidence was rather against throwing open the minor theatres to the performance of the regular drama. He considered that the mode in which the plays of Shakspeare are performed at the smaller houses tended to degrade the drama. He, nevertheless, gave it as his opinion, that the country theatres, which were formerly the schools for actors, had lately fallen off so much, that additional theatres in London would probably produce that talent which the country has not produced for some time. ANTI-SLAVERY MEETING OF DELEGATES.-(THIS DAY.) The Delegates met again this morning at ten o'clock, at the Guildhall. Coffee House, Guildhall. In the absence of Mr. Blair, the Chairman of the Delegation, the Chair was taken by Mr. SAMUEL LLOYD. It was stated by a delegate, that after the Reporters had left the meeting on Saturday evening, Mr. Joseph Price, . , and Mr. Edward Cropper, of Liverpool, were de puted to wait on Mr. Poulett Thompson, to inquire what were the intentions of the Government respecting the bounties and protecting duties now given to the West India planters ; and these gentlemen on their return informed the delegates that they had been received very courteously by the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade, whose answer to their inquiry was, that the subject was under the consideration of the Government. Upon the motion of Mr. WILLIAM BALL, a Deputation of seven gentlemen was appointed to wait forthwith upon their Parliamentary friends, to confer with them on the pro priety of bringing in a Bill for the abolition of the appren ticeship, with suc provisions, if any, as may be requisite to meet the change ; and in case of this suggestion being ap proved, then to consult them on the propriety of entering a notice of such a Bill on the books of the House prior to the Easter recess. The deputation consisted of Messrs. George Stacey, Joseph Sturge, Josiah Forster, Thomas Bignold, Edward Cropper, William Wilcox, and Dr. Greville. A letter from Mr. Blair was then read, in which he stated his intention of going down to Liverpool to attack the enemy in his stronghold, by lecturing there on the subject of slavery, and especially in reference to the speech of Mr. Glad stone.—( Applause.) A vote of thanks to Mr. Blair for his intention was passed unanimously. Mr. STURGE took the opportunity of stating that he had re ceived a letter from Mr. Seholefield, M. P. for Birmingham, explaining that he was compelled to go down to Warwick to a trial, on a subpoena, the night of the division, but he had paired off with Lord Robert Grosvenor ; and Mr. Attwood, who was also compelled to go out of town, had paired off with Lord Eastnor.—( Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN was pleased to hear the explanation, and certainly when he went home, he would inquire of his repre sentatires how it happened that they were absent from the division on Sir George Strickland's motion. The Sub-Committee of preparation having arrived from Exeter Hall, the delegation was for some time occupied in discussing the details of their preparations for Wednesday's meeting at Exeter Hall, whey the Marquis of Clanricarde will take the Chair. _ _ _ Mr. ALEXANDER, treasurer of the Central Emancipation Committee, stated that he had received a letter from Mr. Under-Sheriff Wire, stating that he intended to bring the question of apprenticeship before the Court of Common Council on Wednesday next ; but he wished to consult the delegates as to whether they thought it advisable that he should do so after the division in the House of Commons the other night? He (Mr. A.) had received another letter sug gesting that, on the same day, Mr. George Thompson should petition to be heard on the subject before the Court. It was ultimately resolved that Mr. Alexander be requested to consult Mr. Wire on the subject. Mr. WILsoN was desirous of submitting a proposition, which would lead some of their Parliamentary friends to take this evening, in the House of Commons, an oppor tunity of making known the determination of the delegates, and of the friends of abolition through out the country, not to relax, but to redouble their exertions, until their object was attained, notwithstanding the decision of the House on Friday night last. He then proposed a resolution, which after several alterations, at the suggestion of Dr. Greville, Mr. Clapham, Mr. Rutter, and others, was at length put, in the following form : Under the conviction that our grounds for the demand of the abolition of the apprenticeship term are substantial and unalterable ; it is the solemn determination of the assembled delegates to persevere in this demand; and to repudiate eve' y measure which, if it do not secure to all the apprentices and their children immediate and complete emancipation, will have the effect of sanctioning and continuing slavery." Mr. CROWDER then moved the following, which was una nimously agreed to, that a Sub-Committee be appointed to draw up a circular, to be forwarded to the country imme diately after the meeting at Exeter Hall, on Wednesday next. THE CHARGE AGAINST LORD BROUGHAM. Mr. STraos having stated that Mr. Beverley had consented to go into the country to lecture, read the following extracts from a letter which he had received from Lord Brougham : ( Applause.) " The falsehoods in the Government papers about my being the cause of the apprenticeship are the most audacious fabrications I ever yet saw—l never opened my mouth on the matter more than to agree to the plan proposed at the Colonial Office, and there never was one moment's difference of opinion among the Ministers of 1833. . . . We were all wrong, and all equally wrong, on the subject, and this I have avowed every time the subject has been men. tioned My opinion is, that George Thompson, and others of your friends, going around to meetings, where the people have been deceived in their representatives, is the only thing that can do any good." Mr. ALEXANDER said that as there was no business at that moment before the meeting, he was desirous of saying a few words upon what he had observed in the House of Commons in the recent debate. Lord John Russell spoke of the people as not capable of exercising their reason upon this subject.— ( Hear, hear.) But when Mr. Stanley brought in the Ap prenticeship Bill, he said that the people had demanded the abolition cf slavery in a voice to which no Ministry could be deaf.—(Hear, hear.) It was therefore extremely inconsistent of Lord John Russell to say that the people were urged by passion instead of being led by reason, in calling for the abo lition of the existing system. One other circumstances gave him (Mr. Alexander) especial pain, to see Sir George Grey attempting to palliate the enormities which he could not deny, and which had been admitted by his superior in the House of Lords.—(Hear hear, hear.) It was not half so painful to him to hear Mr. Gladstone, for whose prejudices allowance might be made ; but it was inexpressibly painful to see such a man as Sir George Grey acting as the avowed and unblushing advocate of slavery.—( Hear, hear.) THE' CASE OF DR. PALMER. Mr. WILSON then read a letter from Dr. Palmer, which was listened to with deep attent on. It was addressed to Mr. Sturge. It commenced by stating, that although it might be right for him to sacrifice his own comforts and personal interests to the cause to which he had devoted himself, he felt that he would be no longer justified in keeping those who looked up to him for protection and support in their present state of discomfort and privation. His conscience told him that he had already made them endure a larger share of hardships than he was justified in doing, and he apprehended that he had laid him self open to the charge of too much neglecting their happiness, in endeavouring to relieve the misery of others. To give some idea of the extent to which he had sacrificed his domestic happiness, and the interests of himself and family, to the maintenance of his principles, it would he necessary for him to give a brief outline of his career for the last few years. During the first twelve or thirteen years of his sojourn in Jamaica, he entertained senti ments not unfavourable to the system of slavery as existing in the Colony ; and though aware of the occurrence of occa sional abuses, he was unconscious of its general cruelty, and tendency to brutalize its victims. In the year 1830, how ever, the film was entirely removed from his eyes. He was at this time, and had been for several years, a local magistrate. In 1831 a case of scandalous and long-continued cruelty came to his knowledge, the perpetrators being the Hon. J. R. Jackson (custos of the parish, assistant judge of assize, major-general of militia, and Member of Assembly), and his wife. Notwithstanding that be foresaw the consequences which would result from his interference in this matter, and that it would bring upon him the vengence of Jackson's powerful friends, and in fact the whole community, he brought the case forward in the most open and public manner. They were aware of the particulars of the inquiry, the proceedings having been detailed on the Parliamentary papers, and the result was, that Jackson was degraded from his honours. He ( Dr. P.) was at that time in the receipt of between 1,100/. and 1,2001. from practice on estates. In one week he was deprived of a year of this. Towards the end of August, 1831, another case of cruelty was brought under his notice ; for this he summoned a Council of Protection in the town of Port Royal, but was baffled by the scandalous bribery of witnesses. In returning through Kingston, from the inquiry, he was arrested in the streets, and in the most degrading manner thrown into gaol, at the instance of one of the first merchants of Kingston, to whom he had granted an admission of judgment, as secu rity in case of accident. There could be no mistake with respect to the motives of this proceeding ; the arrest was il legal, was afterwards declared so by the Court—but what remedy could he expect from a Jury of Slave holders ?—(Hear.) He was kept in gaol for a period of six months, during the whole of the awful period of the negro insurrection in 1832. When he was released in March, 1822, he was in the most unfeeling manner turned out of the house and home which he had occupied for ten years ; he had not a roof to shelter his poor wife and young family. He was constrained to accept the hospit a lity o f an old lady of colour in the neighbourhood, with whom he con tinued to reside for about twelve months. As he remained in perfect quietude, and no fresh matter occurred to stimu late the bad passions of the planters against him, his professional reputation gradually induced them to claim his services, and about the beginning of 1834, he was again in the receipt of between 600/. and 7001. a-year. The nominal abo lition of slavery came—the first of August, and the accursed a pprenticeship system arrived. He plainly saw that from his situation in the district it would be impossible to avoid interference with the details of the new system. He tendered his services as a special magistrate, and from that hour, lie was constantly involved in a sea of troubles. The Doctor then proceeded to detail the annoyance and harrassing perse cution which he met with at the hands of the planters. Lord Sligo was at that time all for conciliation, and suffered himself to be a good deal influenced by them. The conse quence was, that his his Lordship was constantly calling on him for explanations, but in no single instance did he fail to clear himslf. At length his Lordship who was continually taunting him with not being able to please the planters, placed him in a position to which if he had sub mitted, he felt he would be degrading the dignity of the ma gistracy, and lowering his own self-respect as a gentleman. He protested against the proceeding, and declined taking any part in it. The consequence was that his Lord ship suspended him for disobeying his orders. He appealed to the Colonial-office for redress, but was kept for nine months in a state of the most harrassing suspense. On the 12th August, however, he was relieved from his apprehensions by receiving intimation that the Co lonial Office lied reversed Lord Sligo's decree, and had ordered his reinstatement. He was then sent to f - st." Thomas in the Vale, but the planters were up in arms against him, irx and never ceased persecuting him till they succeeded obtaining his dismissal. He then resolved on coming home to seek redress from the Colonial Office, having left his family in Jamaica with very limited means of support, but as yet had not been able to obtain compensation for the loss of his office, or to bring his family home. On the motion of Mr. WILSON, the letter of Dr. Palmer was referred to the Sub-Committee. The Rev. Mr. BUNTING wished to remark upon what had. occurred at the meeting on Saturday, in Palace-yard. He :s much surprised, that a strong opinion was not at once expressed on that occasion, respecting the notice which Mr. O'Connell had given notice of. That notice tended to compromise the delegates, and to warrant the inference that they would consent to take anything less than the entire abolition.—( Hear.) He regretted, also, that a resolution: had not been passed declaratory of the fact that they had been manoeuvred out of a victory, by Mr. Gladstone's violation of the rules of Parliamentary courtesy—and he thought also that a resolution ought to have been come to expressing a hope, if not a confidence, that the House of Lords would pass Lord Brougham's Bill.—( Hear.) Mr. WILSON inquired if Mr. B. was prepared to make any motion ? The latter was understood to intimate that he would not. Mr. WILSON then read the resolution which had been come to in an early part of the day, declaratory of the determination of the friends of the negroes not to be satisfied with any thing short of entire abolition. Mr. CREWDSON informed Mr. Bunting that when there was a disposition, at the Meeting on Saturday, to pass strong re solutions, certain Members of Parliament came in, and assured them that they had lost many votes in the division of Friday, in consequence of the strong tone of some of their previous resolutions. One member told them that to his knowledge eleven Irish Members had voted against them, on .account of their censure of the Government. .. - The Rev. Mr. BUNTING (after a very desultory conversa tion) moved that it be an instruction to the Sub-corn mittee to prepare a resolution which should embody the views a nd feel ings of the delegates as to the mode in which they hid been cheated out of a victory, and also a resolution expressive of a hope that the Lords would pass Lord Brougham's Bill. From his intercourse with Members of the House of Lords, and from the peculiar constitution of the House, he was dis posed to entertain hopes of the success of their cause in that House. Now, with respect to the House of Commons, he should mention one of the shabbiest tricks he had eve r heard of, without however mentioning the narae.—( Hear, hear.) The Member to whom he alluded had induced one of the best and highest-minded in this world (Dr.. Pye Smith) to sign a petition in favour of the Min isterial Bill after he had signed one for entire abolition. The grounds on which he had so induced Dr. Smith was that if the question of entire abolition were pressed at pr.vsent, it would embarrass the Ministry. But what would the; meet ing think when he told them that the very Member himself voted for the abolition on Friday night, when he saw th at, by the assistance of the Tories the Ministers would be safe. Mr. BENNETT thought it due to Dr. Smith to explain' that the reasons which influenced Dr. S. in the course which he had taken, were the same as were given by Mr. Buxton last year, for thinking it better to accept a modification ,of the ap prenticeship. Mr. BUNTING had not cast any censure upon Dr. Smith, his only object being to show the shabby trick that had b een played on that gentlman, and that there was a prospect of success in the House of Lords, the Members of which were not under the same influence as the Members of the Lower House alluded to. The resolution was ultimately withdrawn, on the under standing that the substance of it would be considered by the sub-committee. The Delegates then adjourned to seven o'clock, at Mr . ' Brown's Hotel, having resolved also to meet again, at tor o'clock to-morrow, at this place, the Guildhall Coffee House• LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY•) Drat, MARCH 31.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Came down from th e river, and sailed, the Florentia, for Sydney ; British Isles, Muirhead, for Demerara; Reliance, Wooley, for Constantinople; Sterling, Burnett, for the Mauritius; Dart, Orrnston, for Maderia ; Teazer, Airth, for St. Michaels; Bengal Merchant, Campbell, for Sydney; Falcon, Middle" mist, for China APRIL I.—Wind N.E., moderate—Came down from the river, and sailed, the Phoenix, Evans, for Quebec ; Barbadoes, Fo rest, for hliramichi ; Marmion, Harrison, for Quebec; Emerald, Fligg, for ditto; Edmond, Dobson, for ditto; Baltic Merchant, for ditto ;*: Mulgrave, Edmond, for ditto ; Fanny, Bartlett, for ditto ; Prince, Re liant, for ditto ; Augustus, Carr, for the Mauritius; Cumore, Nash, fo r ditto ; Bee, Harris, for Miramichi ; Exmouth, for Richebuct o ; Great Western, for New York. Arrived and proceeded, the Bellissima, Laid" ler, from Newcastle to the Mediterranean. The Falcon, Partridge, from ßerbice to London, remains. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 31.—Wind W. to r.N.E., fine. AP RIL Wind E N.E., fine.—Arrived the Jane, from Rotterdam. Sailed 01l Alarm, for Cadia ; Quebec, for New York ; Ave, for Miram ichi ; 4 Shepherd, for Swan River, having completed her repairs. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 30 AND 31.—Sailed the Edward, for Q,,,beC.tine. FALMOUTH, Maßcu 30.—Wind E., moderate breezes 3nd the Vol l- Meactt 31.—Wind variable,;light breezes, and fine. — Arr ived cano , st.?amer from Gibraltar, left the 23d ult.; Falmouth packet Ure!! from St. Übes ; Magic, Trewarvas, from Zante, sailed the Bth Febru ary; and De rY or ; and Old Tom, Goudin, from Marsala. Arrived off p ort the Egg 3„ Castle, from Galipoli ; and Henrietta, from Bordeau x . Sailed tt''' tor Hoop, for Trieste ; Campion, Galilee, for Virgi nia ; Symmetry, ' Charleston; Triton, for St. Kitt's; and Augustine, for HOtien. spoken with—the Emma, of Liverpool, fur Trieste; Grace, of Londant- from Zante; and Etna, from Catania f or Newcastle, b y the Magic — Eliza, Billing, on the Bth of March, off Cape de Gatt, by the Eggardorz Castle—sloop Endeavour, from St. Übes for Dublin, on the 18th or March, off Lisbon, by the Falmouth Packet. LIVERPOOL, Matzen 31.—Wind variable, light and thick weather. APRIL I.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrived the Clipper, from Syrnrn a ° Arrived off, the Zante, from the Mediterranean ; Beiram, from ditto ; Camocns, from Oporto ; Columbia. Sailed the John, Troughton, for Charleston; John Bull, for Canton; Mary, for Bombay; for Quebec ; Agnes, for St. Vincent; Superb, for Halifax; Georgian, ditto; Eliza, Johnstone, for Pernambuco; Huddersfie ld, for Africa ; Constitution, for Mobile; Apollo, for Newfoundland; Rochester, for New Orleans ; Gibraltar, for Roston ; Clyde, for St. John's, N.B. BEACIITHEAD, APRIL I.—Arrived the Maria, Christina, from Va s ' , from Porto Rico. JERSEY, MARCH 30.—Arrived the Christy and Jane, f rom Cadiz. _ _ Promise, BRISTOL, APRIL I.—Arrived the Jane, from St. Übes. " Ca . CLYDE, APRIL 30.—Arrived the Egyptian, Sayers, from M obxle bridge, Tay, from New Orleans. Durum, MARCY, 31.—Arrived the City of Limerick, (steam from London. tr WATRRFORD, MARCH 30.—Arrived the Royal Eagle, and Allen, --c Lond CORR, Marten 30.—Arrived the Juno (steamer), from London. Listarticx, Marten 30.—Arrived the Belle, Robins, from don; Elizabeth, Dyer, from ditto. CROOKHAVEN, MARCH 30.—Arrived the Caledonia, Robertson, front Tarragona. LErrti, MARCH 31.—Arrived the James Watt (steamer), fora Hamb u rg h. The Providence, Bale, from London, put into Sheerness, bound t° Dunkirk, with loss of foremast, &c., having been in contact w ith the William and Ann, of Sunderland. The Raisbeck, of Stockton, Mowbray, was burnt to the water's edge off Middlesburg on the 31st ult. The Waterwitch, of Sunderland, Marley, got on Ssroby Sand, on the 31st ult., and filled—crew saved. The Great Western (steamer), Hoskins, from London to Bristol a New York, took fire on Saturday evening, near Gravesend, and wa s ro d, on shore. It was extinguished in about two hours, when she proceed' and passed through the Downs yesterday. Lord Duncan paireJ. off with John Bowes, E s T.: M. P., against Sir George Strickland's motion on Fricl3-1 evening. We regret to learn that the Polish Association °E, Mutual Instruction in London has been obliged, by wan hay funds, to close the School of Mutual Instruction, which "a existed for above three years, chiefly supported by contributions of the Poles themselves, and where about t o e hundred, we are informed, poor children, chiefly English,Wei been gratuitously instructed in foreign languages. POST-OFFlCE.—Within the last few days a vf, r v i minute and rigid investigation has been going on in this city relative to an alleged abstraction of money from letters pas sa % through our Post-office. A strict inquiry into circumstanc,e voluntarro has been made by Mr. Peacock from London, and It i r i Bowie, the Post-office Solicitor, from Edinburgh; 1 ",.; hitherto the guilt has not be traced to the offending P ar. It has, however, been deemed advisable to suspend six of 00 servants of the establishment in the meantime, till further to structions are received from headivarters.—Scots Times, PERJURY (BRISTOL).—The indictments aga l c a the Virriers and party, for wilful and corrupt perjury, a lleb o rt to have been committed by them in giving their ev idence er e the Bristol Election Petition, and upon which true bill s w a ve found by the Grand Jury of London at their last sitting, % 0 .., been removed by certiorari from the Old Bailey, where et t he wise they would have, in the week ensuing, been tried, into Court of Queen's Bench. Mr , A CONJUGAL HINT.—In former days' h Graham was session clerk and parochial teacher, and althotte he faithfully and ably discharged all the duties of his d° c h, office, still he fell into the sin of drinking a little too °ti t he His spouse, as a matter of course, was sorry to vrithe! s o n failing of her gudeman, and often remonstrated with I t o the impropriety of his conduct. But the husband tur ne point of her rebuke by simply exclaiming, " True, I get dns sel' whiles half fou ; but do you no ken, my dear, if it ", n " been for that bit faut, ye ne'er wad hae been Mrs. Gra" B.- * t Lord Milton has presented to the York 14 %, Meeting a very splendid whip, value 100 sovereigns , tended for at the next meeting, which will take place in October.—Hull Advertiser. 1011 Y BAPTISM OF A JEW.—The interesting ceren - 0 _ of baptising a Jew, who had renounced the faith of his an t his tors, and adopted the creed of Christianity, took place in so , ao town on Sunday morning, in the Independent Chapel 00 Hill. —Shrewsbury Chronicle. it 4" aqY 25 The state of fever at Glasgow stood on i..on follows :-172 patients in the Royal Infirmary this moronfilln;es 53 admitted from the 19th March to the 26th March; n to becearif lying for admission. - - MORTALITY.—No fewer than fire of the Conveol ners of the incorporated trades of Aberdeen have died with! the last twelve month. These are Messrs. Carter, Robb, Thomson, and Harper. The three last-mentioned el" g tlemen died within the l a st six weeks.—Scottish Pilot. t i. DEVON REFORM ASSOCIATION.---We are gl? fied by learning from the Western Times that th e proceed; 10 at the Exeter meeting, convened by the Hon. Newton proceed; lowes, which we noticed some days since, h av e cornm an . uat rn more than ordinary attention. Our Contempor ar y says an'"in the prospect of seeing the county again united a s one .. ' 9 ' , n _ the cause of Reform, has roused a spirit of unio n and Ise" which is the accomplishment of half the task. was pon re- Last week, a handsome massive silver va se seated to W. M. Praed, Esq. M. P. , by the Operative C servative Freemen.—Norfolk Chronicle.